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By NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed 76 members of an extended family, rescue…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Officials and residents in some remote parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir say anger is spreading after three civilians died while…

By SAM METZ Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisians head to vote in local elections on Sunday to populate a new second legislative chamber…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press The list of sports teams seeking new or improved stadiums is getting longer and longer. In the past year alone,…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Proposals for new and improved sports stadiums are proliferating across the U.S. and could come with a hefty price…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Legislatures returning to session in states across the U.S. early in 2024 will consider condemning the Oct. 7…

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press ACOLMAN, Mexico (AP) — María de Lourdes Ortiz Zacarías swiftly cuts hundreds of strips of newsprint and…

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — While reindeer are famous for pulling Santa’s sleigh, it’s their vision that really sets…

By KRISTEN GELINEAU, EDNA TARIGAN and REZA SAIFULLAH Associated Press PIDIE, Indonesia (AP) — The screams were heard soon after the ailing boat…

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — The Cuban government says it will have to either increase prices for fuel and electricity, or…

By KRISTEN GELINEAU, EDNA TARIGAN and REZA SAIFULLAH Associated Press PIDIE, Indonesia (AP) — Their screams and sobs could be heard from the ailing…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press A Washington state law aimed at improving police accountability is in the spotlight after Tacoma three officers were…

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Malian authorities say the West African nation has recalled its ambassador in Algeria after accusing it of interference in its…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Charlie Sheen’s neighbor was arrested after being accused of assaulting the actor in a Malibu, California, home this week,…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Two Denver-area paramedics were convicted Friday in the 2019 killing of…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A report by a city oversight agency has found that inmates at New York City’s Rikers Island…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A jury on Friday found a homeless man not guilty in the beating with a metal pipe of a former San Francisco businessman, an…

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco; Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press”…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — When 43-year-old Ernseau Admettre left Haiti and headed north with his young family in tow, very…

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Police bodycam footage shows a North Dakota lawmaker making homophobic and anti-migrant remarks…

ROY, Utah (AP) — A Utah man who served two years in prison breaking a child’s arm seven years ago was charged Friday with killing a…

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has called for the immediate resignation of Board of Corrections Chairman Benny…

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The new NBC sitcom “Extended Family” is loosely based on the real-life family dynamics between…

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The NFL has denied Eagles security chief Dom DiSandro’s appeal of a $100,000 fine in addition to banning him…

By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden joined first lady Jill Biden, for a Christmas season visit to Children’s National…

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware’s largest hospital system will pay more than $47 million to settle whistleblower…

By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s anti-corruption commission has charged the country’s former tourism minister and…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press SHAMONG, N.J. (AP) — New details are emerging about the fatal crash of a Philadelphia TV news helicopter earlier…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court has overturned Republican-drawn legislative…

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — One person is still missing a week after residents were scattered when St. Louis’…

ELKHART, Ind. (AP) — Attorneys for a mentally disabled man who was wrongfully convicted in the slaying of a 94-year-old woman say he has reached an…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s statistics agency says more Brazilians declared themselves as being…

NEW YORK (AP) — Drugmaker Bristol Myers Squibb is acquiring Karuna Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company that has developed a new…

WINNEMUCCA, Nev. (AP) — U.S. land managers are planning to round up more than 2,800 wild horses across four Nevada counties beginning next week.…

By MARCO DiMARCO Associated Press GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Residents of the small fishing town in Iceland where a volcano erupted this week have…

The federal government on Friday reopened railroad crossings in two Texas border towns, five days after the shuttering of rail operations there…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it will not immediately take up a plea by special counsel Jack Smith to…

GLENVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A tractor-trailer loaded with natural gas containers slammed into the bottom of an overhead railroad bridge in upstate New…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A conservative-led Missouri school board has voted to drop elective courses on Black…

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A lawsuit by a Seattle hospital says Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked for records…

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A British sea trade monitoring agency says another boat has been hijacked near the coast of Somalia. That and the…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Florida State has sued the Atlantic Coast Conference, challenging a contract that binds the school to…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump says he is eager to debate President Joe Biden, even if the debates…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Look for flu and COVID-19 infections to ramp up in the coming weeks, U.S. health officials say,…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Police in Maine feared that confronting an Army reservist prior to the worst mass…

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s parliament has voted to lift the legal immunity of former Prime Minister Sali…

By GISELA SALOMON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A former Colombian soldier has pleaded guilty to conspiring in the 2021 assassination of Haitian…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — In an extraordinary pushback against Pope Francis, some Catholic bishops in Africa,…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece is planning to offer exclusive guided tours of the ancient Acropolis, its most powerful tourist magnet, to handfuls of…

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Officials say a 24-year-old student owned eight guns when he opened fire at a university building…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An influential policing think tank is pushing law enforcement agencies to change how they…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Even at age 80, Michael Mann has lost little of his velocity. “Ferrari” is Mann’s first film…

PARIS (AP) — French authorities have grounded a flight carrying 303 Indian passengers on suspicions it could be carrying victims of human…

Associated Press The Department of Transportation is investigating possible deceptive practices in airline loyalty programs after federal lawmakers…

LONDON (AP) — The elusive artist Banksy displayed his latest work on a London street corner and it was taken less than hour after he confirmed its…

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Former NFL player Mike Williams died from a rare form of sepsis related to dental health problems, according to a medical…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has scheduled a vote after many delays on a watered-down…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says he is willing to help with a crush of migrants that led to the closure of border crossings with…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press DERRY, N.H. (AP) — A judge has fined the New Hampshire publisher of a weekly community newspaper $620 after…

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A Romanian court on Friday rejected a request by the divisive influencer Andrew Tate to temporarily leave the country to…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it has seized “thousands of units” of counterfeit Ozempic, the…

LONDON (AP) — Police say they’ve launched a criminal investigation into the alleged abduction of British teenager Alex Batty who was missing…

By The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include the return of “Night Court” and the release of an early K-pop…

By The Associated Press Donald Trump pressured two elections officials not to certify 2020 vote totals in a key Michigan county. That’s…

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. health agency says it has tallied a tenfold increase in the global count of reported cases of dengue over the last…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — France has completed the withdrawal of its troops from Niger after they were asked to leave…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in southern Greece have rescued 81 people stranded on a ship south of the mainland, on a route frequently used to…

STONINGTON, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut State Police dog has been killed in a shooting involving troopers and a man they say they were trying to…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and JENNIFER MCDERMOTT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration released its highly anticipated proposal for…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Retailers are stepping up sales and other enticements in the final days before…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation fell last month in another sign that…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Police said one person was injured at a Richmond hospital when a man who had come into the hospital for a mental health…

By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press The holidays, a time where families and friends can get together to talk, to laugh — or get into screaming…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional oversight committee has launched an investigation into the V-22 Osprey program…

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The current Israel-Hamas war is by far the deadliest and most destructive of the five wars…

By ZEKE MLLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is pardoning thousands of people who were convicted of use and simple…

By MARIAM FAM Associated Press It’s normally a moment of pure joy for the Rev. Khader Khalilia: the excitement, the giggles, the kisses, as his…

By JIWONG SONG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean religious sect leader whose sex crimes were featured in the popular…

By RAHMA NURJANA Associated Press PADANG, Indonesia (AP) — Volcanic ash spewing from Indonesia’s Mount Marapi has shut down airports and…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The U.N. atomic agency and outside experts say North Korea may have started operating a…

By ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The holiday travel rush hit its peak Friday as mild weather and lower flight cancelation…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to sign a new executive order aimed at targeting…